US2011003124A1PendingUtilityA1

Resin foam

Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPPriority: Jul 6, 2009Filed: Jul 2, 2010Published: Jan 6, 2011
Est. expiryJul 6, 2029(~2.9 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
C08J 9/38B32B 2264/102B32B 5/022B32B 2307/50C08J 2323/02B32B 2457/202B32B 2551/00B32B 15/046B32B 2457/00B32B 2266/08B32B 2307/546B32B 2264/104B32B 2266/0207B32B 2264/10B32B 5/028C09J 123/02B32B 27/32Y10T428/2486B32B 2307/3065B32B 2270/00B32B 7/06B32B 2262/101B32B 5/32Y10T428/24802B32B 27/22B32B 2262/106B32B 7/12B32B 29/007B32B 25/045B32B 2307/72B32B 5/18B32B 27/065B32B 5/245B32B 27/18B32B 2457/20C08J 2201/03B32B 2264/108C08J 2207/02B32B 2581/00B32B 2266/025C08J 9/122
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a resin foam including a foam layer and a surface layer, in which the foam layer has a same composition as the surface layer, and the surface layer has a surface coating ratio defined by the following formula (1) of 40% or more: Surface   Coating   Ratio  ( % ) = [ ( Area   of   surface ) - ( Area   of   pores   existing   in   surface ) ] ( Area   of   surface ) × 100 ( 1 )

Claims

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1 . A resin foam comprising a foam layer and a surface layer,
 wherein the foam layer has a same composition as the surface layer, and the surface layer has a surface coating ratio defined by the following formula (1) of 40% or more:   
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Surface 
                        
                       
                           
                       
                        
                       Coating 
                        
                       
                           
                       
                        
                       
                         Ratio 
                          
                         
                           ( 
                           % 
                           ) 
                         
                       
                     
                     = 
                     
                       
                         
                           [ 
                           
                             
                               ( 
                               
                                 Area 
                                  
                                 
                                     
                                 
                                  
                                 of 
                                  
                                 
                                     
                                 
                                  
                                 surface 
                               
                               ) 
                             
                             - 
                             
                               ( 
                               
                                 Area 
                                  
                                 
                                     
                                 
                                  
                                 of 
                                  
                                 
                                     
                                 
                                  
                                 pores 
                                  
                                 
                                     
                                 
                                  
                                 existing 
                                  
                                 
                                     
                                 
                                  
                                 in 
                                  
                                 
                                     
                                 
                                  
                                 surface 
                               
                               ) 
                             
                           
                           ] 
                         
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             Area 
                              
                             
                                 
                             
                              
                             of 
                              
                             
                                 
                             
                              
                             surface 
                           
                           ) 
                         
                       
                       × 
                       100 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     1 
                     ) 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     
         2 . The resin foam according to  claim 1 , wherein the foam layer has an apparent density of 0.20 g/cm 3  or less. 
     
     
         3 . The resin foam according to  claim 1 , wherein a resin constituting the resin foam is a thermoplastic resin. 
     
     
         4 . The resin foam according to  claim 3 , wherein the thermoplastic resin is a polyolefin resin. 
     
     
         5 . The resin foam according to  claim 1 , wherein the surface layer is formed through a hot melt treatment. 
     
     
         6 . The resin foam according to  claim 5 , wherein a temperature for the hot melt treatment is not lower than a temperature defined by [(a softening point or a melting point of the resin constituting the resin foam)−15° C.]. 
     
     
         7 . The resin foam according to  claim 3 , being produced through a process of impregnating a resin composition including the resin with a high-pressure gas, followed by reducing the pressure. 
     
     
         8 . The resin foam according to  claim 7 , wherein the gas is an inert gas. 
     
     
         9 . The resin foam according to  claim 8 , wherein the inert gas is carbon dioxide. 
     
     
         10 . The resin foam according to  claim 7 , wherein the high-pressure gas is in a supercritical state. 
     
     
         11 . The resin foam according to  claim 1 , having a closed cell structure or a semi-interconnected semi-closed cell structure. 
     
     
         12 . The resin foam according to  claim 1 , wherein a surface of the surface layer has a lightness L* of 33.0 or less. 
     
     
         13 . A foamed member comprising the resin foam according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         14 . The foamed member according to  claim 13 , having the surface layer on one side of the foam layer and having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the other side thereof. 
     
     
         15 . The foamed member according to  claim 14 , wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. 
     
     
         16 . The foamed member according to  claim 13 , being used in electric/electronic devices. 
     
     
         17 . A foamed member laminate having a constitution where the resin foam according to  claim 1  is supported on a carrier tape having a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the resin foam is stuck to the carrier tape in a form of contacting the surface layer with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the carrier tape. 
     
     
         18 . An, electric/electronic device comprising the foamed member for electric/electronic devices according to  claim 16 .

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